FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The University of Dayton baseball team won a high-scoring affair at Purdue Fort Wayne Wednesday, April 26, winning 11-10 at Mastodon Field.
 
Dayton jumped ahead thanks to a two-run second inning and a four-run third, highlighted by a home run by sophomore David Pedanou. Despite the Mastodons fighting back and cutting the #FlyBoys lead to just one, UD added two more in both the fourth and fifth innings to push their lead to 10-6.

The game tightened up in the eighth inning when, after the Flyers pushed across another run on a two-out single by Nolan Watson, the Mastodons struck back with a three-run frame to make it an 11-9 score.
 
Despite a rally in the ninth by Purdue Fort Wayne, senior Nate Espelin closed out the game to give Dayton the 11-10 win.

BY THE NUMBERS
22 – total hits by Flyers and Mastodons
19 – runs scored by Dayton against Purdue Fort Wayne in two games this season
3 – FlyBoys with multi-hit games (Tomaini, Watson and Pedanou)
3 – RBI in the game for David Pedanou, a new career-high
3 – home runs on the season for Pedanou

UP NEXT
Dayton hits the road for a three-game Atlantic 10 series at Rhode Island this weekend, April 28-30. Poor weather is expected in the Kingston, R.I. area, so please stay tuned to DaytonFlyers.com and the FlyBoys social media channels for updates.

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